Air Quality

Leonie Cooper: Air Quality continues to be poor around Tooting Broadway. Can you update constituents on progress on the Transport for London scheme to change the roads and pedestrian layout around Tooting Broadway? Will this improve air quality and when will it be fully implemented?

The Mayor: Transport for London’s (TfL’s) proposals to transform Tooting town centre seek to improve conditions for people walking, cycling and using public transport and encourage greater use of these sustainable travel options. This is expected to help improve air quality in the area. TfL is currently reviewing the responses to the consultation held late last year and will hold additional discussions with the London Borough of Wandsworth to see whether the proposals can be made even better. TfL intends to release the consultation report at the end of October, which will set out its planned next steps. I can reassure residents of Tooting that cleaning up London’s toxic air remains one of my top priorities.